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News Release from: American Technical Publishers | Subject: LeanSpeak: The Productivity Bus Imprvmnt Dictionry
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2002
Look knowledgable about heijunka and
gemba!
Finally, a publication that explains how autonomation and jidoka relate, and what heijunka, gemba, takt time, andon, and over 600 lean manufacturing words and phrases mean!
Finally, a publication that explains how autonomation and jidoka relate, and what heijunka, gemba, takt time, andon, and over 600 lean manufacturing words and phrases mean! Productivity Press' new publication, LeanSpeak: The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary, is the only business improvement resource that focuses specifically on words, terms, and phrases associated with lean manufacturing This handy compilation includes over 600 entries compiled from materials in the Productivity archives
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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For over twenty years, Productivity has been teaching the elements of lean manufacturing through consulting, training and publishing.
They were the first to translate the original Japanese source materials and make lean materials available to the Western world.
LeanSpeak takes this knowledge and places it in a context that is easily accessed by manufacturers.
Entries in LeanSpeak are arranged alphabetically and are cross-referenced to other terms to show how they all link together.
It is ideal for anyone who is just wondering what lean manufacturing is all about and for those who have already begun to implement lean.
By standardising a common language for lean, LeanSpeak eliminates the "waste of miscommunication." LeanSpeak: The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary is available through American Technical Publishers and sells for GBP 12.00.
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